Category Archives: Medical System Comparision

An Approach to Customer/Litigant/User Input Into the Courts

Posted on February 20, 2016 by richardzorza

I have been thinking recently if there is any good way to get decent customer/litigant/user input into the functioning of the courts. The fact is that most court systems do very little in this regard.  There is certainly no “Consumer … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Medical Consent Process and Implications for the Relationship Between Courts, Legal Advocates and Clients

Posted on January 23, 2016 by richardzorza

Yesterday, I had a bone marrow biopsy, as part of my ongoing medical care dealing with bone marrow cancer.  That biopsy is not my favorite thing, but let me tell you, as often at Hopkins, you are reminded just what … Continue reading →

Posted in Attorney-Client, Criminal Law, Defender Programs, Judicial Ethics, Legal Ethics, Medical System Comparision, Personal, Public Defender, Transparency | 2 Comments

Guest Blogger Jim Burdick Blogs on Nieghborhood Legal Centers, Medical Partnering and Beyond

Posted on December 21, 2015 by richardzorza

The recently described Neighborhood Legal Information Centers in New York (Posted on December 4, 2015 by Richard Zorza) represent a major step forward in helping the disadvantaged. Proximity of help from advocates for common legal problems offers a big advantage. … Continue reading →

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A Challenge on Civil Advocacy Legal Aid Outcome Meaures

Posted on August 6, 2015 by richardzorza

While there is now general agreement that outcome measures for civil advocacy legal aid are a good idea, and that measures need to be different in different areas of substantive advocacy, it is apparently hard to get agreement on common … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Aid, Medical System Comparision, Metrics, Outcome Measures, Research and Evalation | 1 Comment

Reasons for Thirty Eight Percent Reduction in US Heart Attack Deaths in Ten Years Have Obvious and Detailed Implications for Access to Justice Reform

Posted on June 21, 2015 by richardzorza

It’s an amazing statistic: in just ten years, the US heart attack rate has been reduced by 38%, as reported in a wonderful and hightly suggestive article in the June 21, NYT, here. Perhaps most hopefully, in this week of … Continue reading →

Posted in Court Management, Forms, Legal Aid, Medical System Comparision, Mixed Model, Triage | 2 Comments

Interdisciplinary Education Comes to Medicine — What About Law?

Posted on May 14, 2015 by richardzorza

A recent NYT blog highlights how medical education trains its varied professionals, doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, in totally isolated silos, even though today they almost always actually practice in integrated teams. But, there are now some changes described in the … Continue reading →

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Joking About Clients — Understandable and Maybe Helpful — But There’s a Test About When It’s OK

Posted on April 18, 2015 by richardzorza

There is a provocative, but also disturbing article in the Washington Post that all who serve others, including lawyers and court and self-help staff, might want to think about.  It is titled, Nurses make fun of their dying patients. That’s … Continue reading →

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A Fascinating Access to Justice Day in Pre-Op for Cataract Surgery

Posted on December 15, 2014 by richardzorza

Recently, I went through the pre-operative procedure for very minor surgery (cataract removal) at Johns Hopkins.  Two fascinating things happened. First,, the person told me to expect on the day of the procedure that the nurse would ask me just … Continue reading →

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“The Doctor Will See All 8 of You Now” — But What About the Lawyer?

Posted on December 24, 2013 by richardzorza

A recent fascinating New York Times article and blog discusses experiments in which doctors provide group rather than individual consultations to pregnant women. The goal, other than efficiency, is to help create supportive communities. Group visits are useful for any … Continue reading →

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Startup Health Insurer Model for Legal Insurance

Posted on July 29, 2013 by richardzorza

I blogged recently about how research into randomized medicaid expansion might be making a case for broader use of the legal insurance concept.  How this interesting article in the Washington Post suggests how it might be done.  The article focuses on … Continue reading →

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Should We Think of Legal Insurance as a Health Care Benefit

Posted on June 24, 2013 by richardzorza

The recently published randomized research on the impact of having health insurance raises a fascinating question about whether we should start to think about we might think of legal insurance as a health benefit. The research itself, very well summarized … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Counsel, Medical System Comparision, Research and Evalation | 2 Comments

NYT Blog on Outcome Measurement in Health Care

Posted on February 1, 2013 by richardzorza

The New York Times Economix blog has an interesting post on outcome measurement. The writer rebuts the skepticism among readers about the viability of quality measurement — including an aside about the justice area: These readers appear to harbor genuine … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical System Comparision, Outcome Measures, Research and Evalation | 2 Comments

Two Perspectives on Standardization and Efficiency, and a Suggested Synthesis

Posted on August 24, 2012 by richardzorza

A recent New Yorker article talks about possible lessons for the health care system from the highly efficient production and management system of middle range chain restaurants like Cheesecake Factory. To show me how a Cheesecake Factory works, [the host] … Continue reading →

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Teaching Doctors Empahty — Some Lessons and Questions for the Legal System

Posted on June 23, 2012 by richardzorza

The Economix blog in the New York Times has a great post on new research that shows that doctors can be taught empathy. In the experiment: Dr. Helen Riess, director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program in the department … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Medical Education Innovation Idea — Challenge to Legal Education

Posted on April 24, 2012 by richardzorza

The New York Times has a great article on a curriculum experiment at Harvard Med.  In an attempt to break through the dehumanizing impact of the traditional third year of medical school, Harvard has tried assigning students to individual patients … Continue reading →

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